Staff Software Engineer

Company: First American

Website: Visit Website

Business Type: Enterprise

Company Type: Product

Business Model: B2B

Funding Stage: Pre-seed

Industry: mortgage

Salary Range: ₹ 45-60 Lacs PA

Job Description

About the Role

The Staff Engineer is a senior technical leader responsible for shaping engineering direction, delivering resilient and scalable platforms, and driving engineering excellence across teams. You will influence architecture decisions, mentor engineers, and ensure systems meet high standards of performance, reliability, and security.

Required Skills & Competencies

Programming & Frameworks

• TypeScript, JavaScript (ES20xx) (Strong proficiency)
• Python (good to have / optional)

Frontend

• React, Next.js

Backend & APIs

• Node.js, Express.js, NestJS
• REST and GraphQL API design & implementation

Architecture

• Microservices and event-driven / distributed systems
• Domain-Driven Design (DDD), SOLID principles, design patterns (GoF)
• Scalable and modular platform design

Data & Storage

• DynamoDB – data modeling, performance & cost optimization
• RDS and caching strategies

Cloud & Infrastructure

• AWS ecosystem: Lambda, EC2, S3, RDS, DynamoDB, CloudFormation, CDK
• Docker, Kubernetes
• Terraform / Infrastructure as Code

Platform & Engineering Excellence

• CI/CD automation and operational readiness
• TDD, unit, integration, E2E, and contract testing discipline
• Observability (metrics, traces, structured logs)
• Security best practices (authN/Z, encryption, threat modeling)

Leadership & Mindset

• Technical mentorship and cross-team influence
• Strong communication and documentation clarity
• Customer empathy and data-driven decision-making

Key Responsibilities

• Lead architecture and system design for scalable, secure, event-driven microservice platforms.
• Drive engineering best practices: testing discipline (TDD), observability, performance & security.
• Improve platform reliability and cost efficiency using cloud-native and automation strategies.
• Mentor and guide engineering teams to raise technical standards across the organization.
• Contribute to and influence cross-team technical roadmap, design governance, and decision-making frameworks.

Why Join Us

• High Ownership: You’ll have significant influence on architecture, tech strategy, and platform direction.
• Deep Technical Problems: Work on complex, distributed, event-driven systems at meaningful scale.
• Engineering-First Culture: We value clean architecture, quality, automation, and long-term thinking.
• Growth & Leadership: You’ll mentor teams, lead technical initiatives, and directly shape engineering standards.
• Impact at Scale: Your decisions will influence performance, reliability, customer experience, and product evolution.
• Supportive Environment: Collaborative teams, transparent decision-making, and space to experiment and innovate.